Luckily, there are already some great projects underway. One example is , a pioneering cleantech company in the farming county of Cornwall that collects fugitive methane and turns it into 鈥渂etter-than-zero-carbon鈥� fuel. Bennamann captures the biogas 鈥� gases from organic matter 鈥� from farms and processes, converting it into green fuel that鈥檚 collected from farms and aggregated with fuel from other sites and sold into the energy market.

Renewable Zero Carbon Fuel from Slurry Lagoons

Dr. Chris Mann, chairman and CTO, started the company when he tried to take his house off-grid using renewable energy. A former physicist from the space industry, he stumbled across the concept in Florida when he heard a local radio station warning of the dangers of exploding grass clippings in domestic garages. Fascinated by the levels of energy generated, he soon realized that the methane given off by slurry lagoons in his native Cornwall could be captured and turned into fuel.

鈥淏iomethane is a naturally occurring gas that is produced when organic matter such as farmyard manure breaks down. It is typically a harmful greenhouse gas that contributes towards global warming,鈥� said Dr. Mann. 鈥淏y capturing it from the material before it is emitted to the atmosphere, it can be used as an affordable, versatile, renewable zero carbon or, in the case of manure, better-than-zero-carbon fuel instead.鈥�

Circular Economy Powers Local Energy Revolution

Sourcing energy from local waste resources, distributing energy to local people, and creating local jobs without needing a connection to an electricity grid or gas main is a powerful strategy. Bennamann can produce 4,600 kilograms of methane per hectare of grass, roughly equivalent to seven and a half thousand liters of petrol from two football pitches.

Bennamann鈥檚 expansion plans to help address renewable energy imperatives are well underway. Based at the adjacent to the Cornwall Airport Newquay airfield, they have their own custom-built manufacturing facility as well as a research and development farm near Truro.

But they haven鈥檛 stopped there. With an investment from Case New Holland Industries, Bennamann is poised for global expansion, busy rolling out prototypes and first-of-a-kind commercial products across the fugitive and biomethane value chain. Tractors fueled by methane and an electric car charger that can charge a Tesla in an hour are also part of the development program. With over 30 existing staff, the company expects to double in size during the next few years.

Digital ERP Tech Supports Clean Energy Innovation

To keep pace with its high-growth plans, Bennamann recently teamed up with 51风流and partner to select as its enterprise resource planning (ERP) software solution. The objective is to have an intelligent digital core connecting business processes and people as the company expands. Starting with finance, Bennamann will be able to track activities in real time and eventually expand the scope of the project to include procurement and other areas as the organization grows.

Climate Change Starts Local to Go Global

In a recent public , Dr. Mann explained how Bennamann鈥檚 technology has the potential to remove one-quarter of all the man-made methane from the environment, which, as a greenhouse gas, is partially responsible for climate change. Using fugitive methane to run a gas tractor removes the equivalent of 680 cars off the road annually.

鈥淲e are proud to be a Cornish company that has the potential to radically change the global energy market, and we鈥痩ook forward to putting Cornwall at the forefront of pioneering renewable energy innovation,鈥� said Dr. Mann.

With breakthrough technologies and business models, Bennamann is moving ahead to help address climate change while creating rural jobs and green growth for the post-pandemic recovery and providing an alternate source of sustainable fuel 鈥� all from farmyard waste and managed grassland. This is a renewable energy model prime for replication across the globe.

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The challenge this presents is huge, but so are the rewards. In Europe alone, .

Change in the Air

SMEs have compared with large corporations. But change is in the air. Pressure to act is as large companies pass their requirements on to suppliers.

BMW is a case in point. In July 2020, the German auto group of well over 10,000 suppliers, with the goal of reducing emissions per vehicle produced by at least one-third. The company uses carbon footprint as a criterion for awarding contracts for everything from materials and components to production equipment and tools. 鈥淥ur aim is to ensure the most sustainable supply chain in the entire industry,鈥� says Oliver Zipse, chairman of the Board of Management at BMW.

BMW鈥檚 German competitor Mercedes-Benz announced that more than 75% of its suppliers are committed to supplying CO鈧�-neutral parts to help it achieve its 2039 ambition of CO鈧� neutrality.

Other examples of large enterprises that are working with their suppliers to reduce carbon footprint include and . Nearly half of CEOs at large companies are targeting sustainability in their business operations, according to the .

But it is not only the supply chain leaders that are adding climate action to their corporate policies. Increasingly investors, shareholders, consumers, and employees are looking to business to adopt ambitious climate-related targets. Countries, cities, states, and provinces are also adding to the pressure. Over or are planned worldwide. National and international regulations may soon require to be provided on product labels and descriptions.

Open Questions Without Adequate Answers

Matthias Weigold is familiar with the complex world in which SMEs currently find themselves. The director of the Institute for Production Management, Technology, and Machine Tools (PTW) at the Technical University Darmstadt is partnering with German manufacturers to test scenarios for energy efficiency and flexibility in manufacturing processes based on the availability of renewable energy sources.

鈥淢any SMEs hear their primary customers saying, 鈥楧o something about your carbon footprint and do it fast.鈥� They are faced with a mountain of open questions without adequate answers,鈥� he explains. 鈥淪MEs also know that if they react too slowly and without the necessary level of detail, they could lose their most valuable customers.鈥�

To satisfy the demands of their customers for low-carbon production, SMEs will increasingly need to adapt their manufacturing operations to the pricing fluctuations associated with the energy mix of fossil and renewable energy. The scenarios are no longer hypothetical, according to Weigold: 鈥淓xceptionally led wholesale electricity prices to go negative in Germany.鈥�

Complicating the situation are the myriad national policies and timelines worldwide, says Weigold, who provides an example. 鈥淥ver 80% of the machine tools made in Germany are exported, with the lion鈥檚 share going to manufacturers in China. Now that , German SMEs are unsure how they should react.鈥�

At the which makes it possible to test various production scenarios under real-world conditions, 51风流and PTW are modeling enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to the manufacturing environment.

鈥淏y bringing two worlds together — the business software layer and the operational layer — we can influence the efficiency and flexibility of manufacturing processes,鈥� Weigold says, adding that it is the first project of its type worldwide.

Turning Climate Action into a Competitive Advantage

51风流expects the cooperation with PTW to help it refine its new software package that enables CO₂ accounting for SMEs over the entire supply chain. The solution makes it possible for companies to manage the CO₂ footprint for each product by combining their existing ERP system — for example, 51风流Business One or 51风流Business ByDesign — with an energy flow model for the process. 51风流partners worldwide will be responsible for applying the solution to customers鈥� individual and industry needs.

that SMEs are prepared to manage their carbon emissions if they have the necessary support and tools. The recently launched is a brokerage for such resources. With a growing number of members, the hub could serve as a vital part of the implementation of ambitious corporate climate action.

Emissions are typically divided into three categories, or . The main targets of 51风流Business Ecology Management are the Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions of SMEs, which directly impact the upstream Scope 3 emissions of their customers.

鈥淪upply chains make up the part of the carbon footprint, which are not under direct influence of a company, but have the highest reduction potential because they give organizations insight into the hot spots in their supply chain,鈥� says Jochen Mayerle, business process architect, SAP.

Mayerle emphasizes that the new product is designed to be easy to use and its implementation does not require the hiring of an expert in sustainability. Niels Hermansen, founder of the Danish 51风流partner BitPeople A/S, based in Denmark, agrees. 鈥淚 like that 51风流has taken the initiative in this area,鈥� Hermansen says. “It understands that SMEs have the same requirements as big companies, but do not have the same resources.”

51风流Business Ecology Management is currently being testing by numerous customers and is planned for launch the third quarter of 2021.

Sandra Thiel, Agile expert, and Chris Horak, global vice president of Solution Marketing, contributed to this story.

Helping and supporting partners to build sustainable businesses around 51风流solutions is his mission. With his global team of 51风流Business One and 51风流Business ByDesign experts, Backer acts as an enabler and trusted advisor for partners.

Q: Can you tell us about yourself, your hobbies, and your passions?

A: I was born and raised in Norway, and currently live in the Netherlands. I enjoy experiencing the world by traveling, working in an international environment, and following the world news.

I feel fortunate to have lived and worked in five countries: Norway, the U.S., the Netherlands, England, and Germany. Every country is beautiful and unique, providing new perspective and appreciation.

I am married with three children; my two boys study at university and my daughter is in high school. Of course, in these times, they are learning at home via Zoom. The positive aspects of these unprecedented times are that my wife and I get to see the kids more, spend a lot of time together, and enjoy family dinners. My wife, who works for a leading health technology company here in the Netherlands, sometimes meets me at the coffee machine, where we have our own 鈥渃offee corner chats.鈥�

Our family is completed with our dog Odin, who usually lies at my feet in the office. When I go and grab a coffee during a conference call and come back, the dog is usually sitting on my chair, staring at the moving pictures on the screen.

When I鈥檓 not working, I enjoy getting fresh air and resetting my mind by biking through the trails in the forest. I make people laugh when I speak about 鈥渕ountain biking鈥� in the flat countryside of the Netherlands. I also try to go the gym a few times a week to stay in shape.

What does an SME Partner Enablement leader do?

I manage a global organization of about 80 51风流Business One and 51风流Business ByDesign experts located in more than 40 countries. We train partners on how to sell, implement, and support 51风流solutions. We also help 51风流account executives and partners in presales with strategic deals, and we deal with customer escalations if they occur. For 51风流Business One, we are also heavily involved in ensuring the solution is localized, current, and maintained.

As manager of the team, my main role is to align with global stakeholders on our objectives, cascade these to the organization, and support everybody in the team to meet their specific objectives and assignments.

I am also involved directly with our partners. My task is to create transparency and give guidance to partners on 51风流strategies and solutions, supporting them to make the right decisions for their companies. If partners make good decisions, they will be successful. And when partners are successful, 51风流is successful.

How did your career start?

I graduated from Arizona State University (USA) in 1992 with a Master of Business Administration degree and a Master of Science degree in business statistics. I started my career at a company called Exact Software in the Netherlands, as a technical support employee. I assisted customers on the phone, answering their questions and solving problems related to their Exact ERP solution. Later I ran an international 鈥渇lying doctors鈥� team, a group of fantastic product experts taking care of the worst customer escalations worldwide.

I joined 51风流in 2004 to help build a small and midsize enterprise business. 51风流had just purchased a company called TopManage and renamed its solution to 51风流Business One. At that time, 51风流Business One had about 3,000 customers. 51风流was looking for someone to build up a team, to support and enable an indirect channel to resell 51风流Business One internationally.

Sixteen years later, we now have over 65,000 customers. For me, it has been an amazing journey so far, having worked with many great people within an incredible company. I also enjoy working with 51风流Business One partners, of whom many also started 16 years ago and have since then built great businesses for themselves.

Two years ago, I also assumed the responsibility for all 51风流Business ByDesign partner enablement teams within SAP. We鈥檝e drawn lessons from 51风流Business One and are applying these best practices with 51风流Business ByDesign as we get more involved with our 51风流Business ByDesign partner community.

Looking back at your career at SAP, what has been your biggest achievement?聽

My biggest achievement is definitely the . We organized the first event in Bratislava in 2014 to teach partners how to develop on top of the 51风流Business One application that works with and is powered by 51风流HANA, which we were launching to the market at that point in time.

We did not have any professional event management. I remember having many worries: Will enough people register to cover the costs? Will partners like it? Will the pitch for 51风流HANA work in SME? Will the presentations be good enough? There were logistical concerns, too, regarding lunch and having enough chairs.

The event turned out to be a big success, and we realized the power and importance of bringing people with the same passion together. The energy at the event was amazing; seeing the smiles on the faces of all the participants when they left the summit was very rewarding. We decided to make it an annual event, and over the years we added more tracks to cover additional roles from partners, such as implementation, sales, CEOs, and others.

How did COVID-19 affect you, your team, and your work over the past months?

For the last 10 years I have mainly worked from home, except when traveling, which was about 25 percent of my time. So at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was not a big deal for me. The only exception was that I had to dress up a little bit more; in the past 10 years, I hardly used my webcam, but now everybody has started to use webcams more frequently.

Today, nine months later, I have to say that the days have become very monotone 鈥� almost like the film Groundhog Day, where a TV weatherman covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Pennsylvania becomes trapped in a time loop, forcing him to relive the same day repeatedly.

Staying at home all the time is not my preferred choice. It is interesting how, these days, a one-hour trip away from home and staying in a hotel overnight feels like a big trip. Hence, getting out of the house in the evening for an hour of activity became super important for me.

As for the team, I am grateful for and amazed at how well people adjusted and how hard everybody is working to continue to stay 鈥渙n top of their game.鈥� In this virtual-only world, finding ways to stay connected on a more personal basis is important. Personally, I try to speak more frequently with my direct reports. I have also increased the number of 鈥渟kip-level鈥� calls, skipping the managers and speaking directly with their employees, which I enjoy a lot. In general, I think it is a good idea to set up calls now and then with colleagues you normally do not speak with, just to 鈥渇eel the pulse,鈥� get new impulses, and feel their energy.

My team and I also help partners understand how to convince customers and prospects to implement the software remotely. There are a lot of adjustments for everybody. But partners, customers, and prospects are adapting.

Looking ahead, what do you think is important for partners to be successful?

First, take good care of customers. More than ever 鈥渞ecurring revenue鈥� is key. And happy customers ensure this. I believe that partners with many (happy) customers are able to survive COVID-19 better than others. I think 51风流Business One and 51风流Business ByDesign partners in general understand this dynamic and they all do a good job, as the renewal rates for both solutions are very high.

Secondly, many partners have unique knowledge in a specific industry or micro industry, and I recommend capturing this knowledge as intellectual property and software services. With the current web-based development tools and platforms like 51风流Cloud Platform, it is much simpler than before, even for more resell-oriented partners.

Finally, I think it is important for partners to embrace the Intelligent Enterprise opportunity. I am very encouraged to see partners extending solutions with innovative functionalities and add-ons, with new technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI), positioning themselves as a 鈥渢echnology partner鈥� instead of the 鈥淓RP guys鈥� and consequently winning prospects because of their understanding of the new world. Customers need more than just ERP software, and we can own this. !

These growing enterprises prioritize the value that comes from providing an excellent customer experience, according to the latest . In today鈥檚 harsh economic environment, SMEs require digital solutions that provide access to real-time data analytics for fast decision-making and support valued, personal relationships with customers and employees.

At SAPPHIRE NOW, 51风流customers and SMEs shared how they are adjusting to new market conditions. These enterprises are using digital technology to overcome uncertainty and reimagine their business. To find out more, .

Solutions that Grow with the Business

Together with a global ecosystem of partners, 51风流provides a multifaceted approach to delivering business software that grows with young, agile businesses. And with the promise to help customers run at their best, 51风流helps ensure that businesses of all sizes can benefit from innovation without disruption.

鈥淲e always have a 10- to 15-year horizon in front of us,鈥� Rainer Zinow, senior vice president of 51风流Business One and 51风流Business ByDesign, , held online in June. 鈥淥ur mission is to make sure our solutions work best for you 鈥� our partners and customers 鈥� in the long run. Therefore, we are making technological investments to make sure we get the most out of it for you.鈥�

is a public cloud suite-in-a-box for fast deployment and low cost of ownership, Zinow underscored. is for companies with an on-premise or hosted deployment model, and is the multi-component suite for companies with deep functional requirements.

Commitment to Choice

While the public cloud market is expanding in all segments and business functions, demand for on-premise enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions remains solidly robust. Fortunately, 51风流is well positioned to deliver on its commitment to supplying a diversified solution portfolio to meet the varied needs of its customers.

鈥淲hat sets 51风流apart in the market is that we offer choice on the deployment method 鈥� whether on premise, private cloud, or public cloud,鈥� Zinow said. 鈥淎nd we offer choice regarding the licensing model, be it a perpetual or subscription-based model. With 51风流Business One and 51风流Business ByDesign, we are well equipped for the market.鈥�

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In those reports, IDC stated that 鈥�51风流Business ByDesign is easy to navigate, with over 500 standardized reports, dozens of prebuilt KPIs and real-time analytics.鈥� They also wrote: 鈥淩eferences noted this is one of the best technology companies communicating their future direction and road map.鈥�

With SMEs accounting for about 80 percent of its customer base, 51风流understands their need to optimize and simplify IT processes. 51风流Business One is SAP鈥檚 flagship small business software to streamline and add intelligence to business processes, including financials, without burdening an IT team. 51风流Business ByDesign is a single cloud ERP solution for bringing intelligence and automation to fast-growing, midmarket businesses. It enables nimble management of financials, logistics, procurement, shipping and human resources. In the IDC reports, both solutions were recognized for driving digital transformation and customer service.

At the recent , 51风流announced 12 months of free access for partners to test and demo systems on 51风流Business ByDesign and 51风流S/4HANA Cloud to help partners accelerate their customers鈥� journey to recovery.

鈥�51风流believes that the most successful business outcomes should always drive software strategy, not the other way around,鈥� said Subhomoy Sengupta, global head, go-to-market, SME solutions, 51风流SE. 鈥淥ur role in that is delivering intelligent solutions that meet our SME customers鈥� specific needs for agility and flexibility to achieve those outcomes. Our intelligent solutions further enable SMEs to grow into market leaders who are driving innovation, disrupting entire industries and delivering unique experiences, even in times of uncertainty.鈥�

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For years, a business leader鈥檚 perception of its business systems has been shaped by a static report that is periodically generated, providing information on the overview of its cloud solutions and system landscape, availability and usage of cloud products, and known issues and their resolution status.

Unfortunately, all this great insight was a predefined snapshot for the predefined time period of six months. The pace of technology innovation is too sophisticated to be satisfied with static reporting. What users needed was flexibility in the creation of tailored reports according to individual needs.

At SAP, the answer to this dilemma was clear: provide an interactive, self-service cockpit that analyzes a landscape on demand and delivers an interactive, in-the-moment, and accurate view on a single dashboard. And we are providing this much-needed capability through .

Experience Real-Time Guidance Fueling Intelligent Enterprises

51风流Enterprise Support reporting cockpit is the latest addition to the portfolio of 51风流Enterprise Support services, providing a more comprehensive, automated approach to managing the technology foundation of the Intelligent Enterprise. The interactive self-service dashboard tool details how well 51风流solutions are working together in a customer鈥檚 51风流environment, where problems occur, which areas require improvement or fine-tuning, and many other data points and key indicators.

The configurable nature of the reporting cockpit provides the information needed to help ensure an undisrupted, always-connected business system environment. In a matter of minutes, real-time information can be accessed without delay.

Statistics on product usage, system performance, incident history and status, landscape structure, impending renewals, and planned services are readily available for every IT and organizational decision-maker. Furthermore, users can access as much data as they need on a specific topic to move their business transformation strategy forward 鈥� even as much as two years鈥� worth. Using direct, interactive links to other relevant applications, users can navigate from 51风流Enterprise Support reporting cockpit to get more details.

Imagine the possibilities:

• How will proactively managing the status of a solution during the current subscription period help better optimize IT resources?
• What can be achieved with increased visibility into usage of 51风流software and support engagement services?
• Which areas of a business can benefit most from flexible, customized, and interactive reporting delivered through an intuitive dashboard?

Get answers to these questions and more about 51风流solutions, including 51风流S/4HANA Cloud and 51风流Customer Experience and 51风流SuccessFactors solutions. Additionally, since the end of April, 51风流Business ByDesign, 51风流Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain solution, and 51风流Cloud Platform have been included. 51风流is now working on integrating the on-premise portfolio, which is planned for the end of this year.

Build Your Intelligent Enterprise With Fast, Automated Insight

The value of 51风流Enterprise Support reporting cockpit is much more than presenting statistics on a dashboard. It鈥檚 about giving the support and service customers need 鈥� and expect 鈥� for their 51风流solutions

With fast, automated insight, we can work together to take proactive action to address open issues that may negatively impact the user experience down the road. And as the reporting cockpit continues to be improved and extended, new data sections will be introduced to support more cloud solutions and on-premise software 鈥� whether they are existing or yet to come.

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Brendan Spelman is head of Content Architecture and Business Automation for Lifetime Customer Experience at SAP.

The recently published provides an overview of the strategy for the flagship product, but I would also like to share some of my thoughts on this here.

In the past, ERP systems were built during a time of stability; business strategy did not change as quickly as it does today, and market trends took longer to find their footing. This resulted in heavily customized, monolithic IT landscapes that no longer suit the rapidly changing business environment of today, nor can they keep up with future trends.

Whatever the size of a business, 51风流believes that organizations cannot solve today鈥檚 challenges with yesterday鈥檚 tools and processes. Businesses need an where agility is the key differentiator. With nearly 50 years of experience in ERP, 51风流is a trusted partner that recognizes the needs of its customers. By continuously evolving the ERP product line, we are meeting customer needs with solutions they can rely on to succeed as best-run businesses now and in the future.

Flexible, Predictive, Responsive

51风流S/4HANA was launched as a purpose-built product for its underlying in-memory database 51风流HANA. It is available in two flavors: a traditional on-premise solution and as a cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. 51风流S/4HANA enables critical business processes for finance, human resources (HR), manufacturing, and supply chain, to name a few.

51风流S/4HANA is changing the game regarding intelligent ERP. By leveraging advances in technology like predictive analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), 51风流S/4HANA helps businesses to be flexible, predictive, responsive, and adaptable to organizational growth. Because 51风流S/4HANA has intelligent technologies embedded, it provides data-driven insights that allow organizations to continue to run operations at their highest efficiency so they can allocate precious employee effort to more mission-critical tasks.聽This helps customers optimize their bottom line through increased automation while also helping grow the top-line by generating new data-driven insights and decisions.

By releasing many of the new 51风流S/4HANA innovations cloud-first, 51风流is helping ensure faster time to market for 51风流S/4HANA Cloud customers, with on-premise options following once a year. By providing real-time insights, real-time planning, forecasting, and simulation, as well as embedded analytics at every step, customers can reimagine and redefine processes with greater ease. They also benefit from enriching industry-specific capabilities and deep integration into other 51风流applications as well as open interfaces to integrate third-party applications for end-to-end business process support.

Sustainable, Viable

There is no doubt that the best-run businesses of tomorrow must run their operations efficiently and with highest flexibility in order to remain sustainable and viable. 51风流S/4HANA helps businesses to be responsive and responsible because it can simulate and understand the viability of new business models while also managing a company鈥檚 impact on the earth, communities, and ecosystems, as well as on the employees and customers it serves.

51风流S/4HANA is at the core of the company鈥檚 intelligent enterprise strategy. The integrated, industry-focused, and flexible intelligent ERP platform grows with a business and helps customers accelerate the deployment of new business models.

End-to-End Processes

Especially in the cloud, companies are looking for standardized services that cover end-to-end processes rather than individual capabilities. Our vision for 51风流S/4HANA Cloud is to provide a business-process-as-a-service (BPaaS) ERP platform with out-of-the-box integration into other 51风流solutions and open interfaces to third-party products.

Examples of our end-to-end processes include the recruit-to-retire scenario that provides a new simplified employee/employment integration in conjunction with 51风流SuccessFactors Employee Central, our travel-to-reimburse scenario that supports the payment of travel expenses, and the source-to-pay scenario, which integrates the processes for sourcing, guided buying (including lean services), and supplier collaboration using Ariba Network.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Through nearly 50 years鈥� experience in ERP, 51风流knows that businesses of different sizes have different requirements of their ERP solutions 鈥� one-size-fits-all is not a likely scenario for an ERP solution. A 10-person shop looks for something much different than a 200,0000-employee multinational conglomerate, and at 51风流we are in the unique position to be able to offer something to both of these businesses 鈥� and everything in between. While 51风流S/4HANA represents the core of our intelligent ERP offering, we provide additional solutions for small enterprises.

51风流S/4HANA is aimed at large and upper midsize customers with more complex organizational structures and industry requirements. Available both on premise and , 51风流S/4HANA is infused with intelligent technologies to automate processes and converges the world of analytics and transactions to drive unprecedented insights that help steer a company to achieve both operational excellence and top-line growth. 51风流S/4HANA Cloud is a SaaS offering fully managed by SAP. With predefined business process content and best practices that allow customers a high degree of standardization and fast time to value, it is a true SaaS solution that allows customers to consume the latest application innovations on a regular basis.

For small and (lower) midsize enterprises (SMEs), 51风流Business ByDesign is the available easy-to-use and fully integrated suite-in-a-box solution. While the business processes of SME customers do not differ much from those of large enterprise customers, they typically have less complex organizational structures, which means that an out-of-the-box solution can work well.

In short, 51风流is the provider that has coverage for a range of companies of all sizes. We can provide a solution that suits a customer鈥檚 needs and helps them grow into a successful, best-run, and sustainable business of tomorrow.

To find out more about 51风流S/4HANA, or .

Jan Gilg is president of 51风流S/4HANA.

The announcement was made at , being held online June 3. As the world continues to adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic, 51风流is helping partners continuity by turbocharging its next-generation partnering movement and identifying powerful ways to help partners accelerate their customers鈥� journey to recovery.

鈥淭o win in the experience economy, organizations have to continuously improve the core experiences of business 鈥� customer, product, employee and brand,鈥� said Karl Fahrbach, chief partner officer, SAP. 鈥淲ith these investments, we are making good on our promise to lower the barriers for more partners to deliver the intelligent enterprise that will continue to improve and change our world.鈥�

Three new partner initiatives are now available.

Higher-Quality Customer Projects Delivered by Partners

The partner delivery quality framework is designed to ensure consistent delivery of high-quality projects and improved partner and customer experiences. It provides a set of standard processes, tools and reporting aids to help partners train and enable their delivery resources and monitor quality across projects. It also awards grants for consultant education and incentives for partner investments, emphasizing customer success. Additionally, 51风流will increase its own investment in partner learning and enablement and provide services to support partner implementation projects and customer adoption.

Free Access

51风流provides partners* with free access to an integrated, preconfigured software demonstration environment to expedite sales conversations. It provides free access to some of the most popular demonstration scenarios, covering a wide range of integrated solutions and embedded intelligence technologies. Additional scenarios will be added over time to help partners further enable the intelligent enterprise. Partners can qualify for 51风流Partner Demo Environment, shared option. After qualifying, partners gain free access to demo enablement and a complimentary demo concierge service for guidance and coaching. This can help ensure they have the skills and resources to deliver a frictionless and consistent end-to-end demo experience for their customers.

Furthermore, 51风流is announcing 12 months of free access for partners to test and demo systems on , the leading intelligent enterprise software. This offer will also be available on the solution, the complete, integrated, adaptable cloud solution for midmarket companies and subsidiaries of large enterprises. The new offers will be available from July 1, 2020. Partners can qualify on .

All announcements made at 51风流Global Partner Summit are available at 51风流News Center. Partners who want to learn more about these and other initiatives can visit , the or follow 51风流PartnerEdge on , and . Customers can access resources at .

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About SAP

As the Experience Company powered by the Intelligent Enterprise, 51风流is the market leader in enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 77% of the world鈥檚 transaction revenue touches an 51风流system. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers鈥� businesses into intelligent enterprises. 51风流helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want 鈥� without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables more than 440,000 business and public customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, 51风流helps the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives. For more information, visit .

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